Clinical Lead- Prison Mental Health- £3,000 joining bonus

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, West Carr, City of Kingston upon Hull

Clinical Lead- Prison Mental Health- £3,000 joining bonus

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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, West Carr, City of Kingston upon Hull

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

, 14 Dec | Get your application in now before you're too late!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 1bae9b1085ab4692a2906df0980d32e6

Full Job Description

Have you thought about working within prison mental health services? Interested in delivering intensive enhanced mental health support on NHS commissioned unit within prison? Prison environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing Clinical skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the opportunity for you. This is an excellent opportunity for registered mental health nurses whom have experience working within mental health services to join a team where you will get to develop psychiatric skills and interventions. Additionally, to the competency framework, we offer a comprehensive induction and workforce development plan with training opportunities enabling you to expand your skill set and evidence-based practices HMP Hull are looking for a Mental Health Nurse to provide mental health care to patients for the Wellbeing Unit. In partnership with the Prison Service, we provide an enhanced level of care to those residents at HMP Hull and the wider male population within the secure estate in Yorkshire and Humber. The Wellbeing Unit:

  • offer residents with capacity urgent assessment and treatment, intervention and medication to stabilise their MH and promote recovery
  • establish pathways with regional secure units to ensuring safe transfer and remission to and from secure services when appropriate., You will be a Registered Mental Health Nurse.
  • This role will be responsible for assessment and caseload management of those referred onto Wellbeing Unit. You will carry out comprehensive assessments, confidently communicating treatment options and initiating supportive care plans, and providing evidence-based interventions alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team You will be committed to a person-centered approach to your work and will have an ability to prioritise and work flexibly. We are looking for skilled professionals who will thrive working in a busy environment in a well resourced team of multidisciplinary professionals, as well as alongside partner providers from a variety of internal and external services.

    Our Journey to Change sets out why we do what we do, the kind of organisation we want to be and the three big goals we're committing to. Our values We are committed to three big goals: To co-create a great experience for our patients, carers and families. To co-create a great experience for our colleagues To be a great partner Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), provide mental health and learning disability services in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness and Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust (HTFT) in 2 prisons in the East Riding of Yorkshire. As part of the new Mental Health contract awarded to TEWV Health & Justice Services in 2022, we are expanding the service provision across HMP Hull and HMP Humber. HMP Hull is a Category B prison and the reception prison for the East Riding area. The establishment serves all courts in the region and accepts prisoners on remand or sentenced by the courts. The predominant population is made up of remand prisoners in the early days of custody whilst engaging in the court processes. Interested in clinical development? We offer opportunities to develop in to a specialist role of your interest which in turn benefits the service. Examples include psychological therapies such as EMDR and DBT, none medical prescribing, leadership opportunities and Professional Nursing Advocacy.